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  • February 24, 2022

    A Chronometric Wonderland

    By Michael Kliebenstein Fine instruments are the windows to the soul of classic and vintage cars. Seeing a huge, beautiful Jaeger tachometer with an original matt cream dial face for the first time is almost spiritual. Just thinking about the...

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  • February 3, 2022

    Disc Jockeying at Le Mans

    There can be no doubt that Jaguar’s use of disc brakes at Le Mans in 1953 provided the cars from Coventry with a tangible performance advantage. The winning 3.4-litre C-type finished a full five laps ahead of the 5.5-litre Cunningham...

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  • February 3, 2022

    Michael's Superfinds - Classic Cabin Fever

    While driving my 1962 Jaguar E-type Roadster on a dreary winter morning, I realised that my passion for classic sports cars and their interiors started very early on in life.  Above: An early morning drive in a 1962 E-type is...

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  • February 3, 2022

    Barry's Last Joke

    One of the UK’s favourite comedians, Barry Cryer also had a long career as a script writer working with such illustrious performers as Morecambe & Wise, Tommy Cooper, Ronnie Barker, Groucho Marx, Les Dawson and David Frost. The climax of...

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  • January 20, 2022

    #InspiredByPorsche

    Regular readers will no doubt be aware of Jaguar Land Rover’s less than cordial treatment of artists who choose to depict its vehicles in their work. ‘Cease and desist’ letters from the company’s legal department have been dished out like...

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  • January 20, 2022

    The first BMW M car?

    The question of which BMW M car was the first is the subject of debate. Most will adamantly say it was the famous M1 supercar which first appeared in 1978. Officially, BMW itself supports this opinion, but unofficially things become...

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  • January 20, 2022

    The Art of Wagger

    Born in 1958, Klaus Wagger grew up in the Austrian Tyrol, surrounded by mountains, cows and an active motorsport scene which included F1 drivers Gerhard Berger and Karl Wendlinger. Famous though these two were, according to his parents it was...

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  • January 6, 2022

    Classic cars in slices

    Anyone afflicted with a passion for cars has more than likely spent a disproportionately high percentage of their lives staring at the lines, curves and surfaces of some beautiful machines. Spend enough time and you begin to know the shapes...

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  • January 6, 2022

    A Mobile Tradition

    An invitation to visit BMW Group Classic to drive a 507 arrived in my inbox back in 2010 – that’s not something you turn down. The following was my report on that experience.   BMW Group Classic, formerly known as Mobile...

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  • December 16, 2021

    Ferrari 250 MM Vignale Berlinetta

    by Michael Kliebenstein Looking back into the history of any Ferrari from the 1950s is not only great fun but almost always an eye opener. These cars are a window into a world long since gone, one where people took...

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  • December 16, 2021

    Driving the DeLorean

    by Wayne Batty It is said that John Zachary DeLorean wanted people’s eyes to light up when they walked through a DMC showroom.  It’s been 40 years since car buyers first had that opportunity, and 36 since the DeLorean’s starring...

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